Don’t Forget

November 5th, 2009 Posted in Appearances, Contests, Reading, Touring | 2 Comments »

I'm over at Sue Grimshaw's blog today chatting about Rainwater.  Stop by and comment--you might win a book! [caption id="attachment_154" align="alignright" width="300" caption="With Elaine, a fan who drove all the way from California to the Texas Book Festival so that I ...

Friday Winner and More on Banned Books

October 2nd, 2009 Posted in Contests, Family, Reading | Comments Off

According to Random.org, Virginia C. is our random book winner from the banned book blog post.  Virginia please email me at sbrown at sandrabrown.net with your selection (one autographed book from my backlist). One of my long-time favorite books is Lady Chatterley's ...

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend

September 28th, 2009 Posted in Contests, Reading | 35 Comments »

The above quote came from the late great Groucho Marx. As we mentioned on Friday, this week is National Banned Book Week.  Sandra's been gracious enough to let me blog, as a reader, not only about banned books but books in ...

Banned Books and Book Clubs

September 25th, 2009 Posted in Reading, Touring | 1 Comment »

After even more rain, today has turned into another beautiful Fall day here in Texas.  I'm taking a writing break to update the blog--and enjoy the view outside my window.  Look what landed in my inbox! Carol Fitzgerald of Bookreporter.com & ...

Our First Caught Reader!

September 24th, 2009 Posted in Contests, Reading | 3 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_84" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Dallas and her teddy enjoying "Slow Heat in Heaven""][/caption] We had many great guesses in our weekend contest, including Julia Roberts, but unfortunately, no winners! Since the "Get Caught Reading" contest is still going on for a few ...